SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 



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The sizes are shown in the table below. There is little 

 change, with relation to the months, for the " shortest-half- 

 ranges," that is, the most prevalent sizes of soles caught are : — 

 June, July, - August, September. So far, then, as one can 

 judge there is not much indication of a rapid period of growth, 

 as in the case of plaice caught in the same regions, during the 

 summer and early autumn. 



Measurements of Soles caught in the Irish Sea, 1920. 



Mean 

 length. 



19-5 



June. 



July. 



August. 



September. 



VI. 85 



VI-65 



VII. 67 



VIILc, 



VIIL ll8 



VHI.5, 



IX. l7 



ix.34 



IX. n 



IX'.* 



IX. 35 



IX.,, 













1 





4 









... 



20-5 



"i 



1 









1 



"i 



1 





"3 





2 



21-5 



7 



5 



"i 





' i 



.... 





1 





1 







22-5 



11 



1 







i 



2 



*2 



2 





3 





6 



23-5 



23 



20 



i 



"i 



5 



2 



2 



5 





7 





8 



24-5 



46 



37 



2 





12 



2 





3 





11 





32 



25-5 



83 



42 



13 





28 



7 



1 



13 



"i 



16 



16 



41 



26-5 



92 



57 



27 



"i 



59 



22 



3 



11 



1 



26 



5 



49 



27-5 



94 



68 



42 



i 



82 



21 



5 



13 



3 



26 



8 



54 



28-5 



113 



85 



47 



i 



81 



37 



7 



11 



2 



38 



6 



75 



29-5 



102 



62 



47 



3 



108 



44 



8 



18 





28 



8 



83 



30-5 



85 



91 



77 



3 



114 



46 



9 



13 



"2 



48 



4 



76 



31-5 



110 



73 



58 



2 



109 



46 



17 



17 



1 



40 



11 



61 



32-5 



108 



67 



81 





135 



44 



18 



13 



1 



29 



6 



52 



33-5 



85 



72 



58 



"i 



97 



45 



6 



16 





35 



8 



45 



34-5 



58 



49 



60 



l 



87 



38 



5 



8 



"i 



14 



6 



29 



35-5 



55 



27 



46 



i 



80 



23 



11 



10 



1 



17 





21 



36-5 



42 



25 



18 



i 



51 



19 



4 



3 





6 



*5 



16 



37-5 



23 



11 



12 





38 



18 



5 



2 



'2 



8 



2 



7 



38-5 



24 



10 



13 



i 



20 



20 



4 



1 





3 



2 



4 



39.5 



18 



7 



3 





13 



4 





1 





1 





3 



40-5 



10 



7 



9 



"i 



7 



5 



5 



2 



"i 







3 



41-5 



5 



4 



2 



i 



5 



2 



5 









i 



1 



42-5 



6 





2 



2 



3 



3 











1 





43-5 



4 









1 



2 



i 







"i 





"i 



44-5 



2 





















1 



... 



45-5 



2 







5 







"i 











2 



46-5 



1 























... 



47-5 



1 







"i 



















48-5 



























Totals . . . 



1,211 



821 



619 



28 



1,137 



454 



121 



168 



16 



361 



84 



671 



Catch 



























per hour 



14 



13 



9 



3 



10 



8 



7 



5 



1 



11 







9 



